append
- to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
- to attach or suspend as a pendant.
- to sign a document with; affix: to append one's signature to a will.
Origin of append
Related Words for appended
affix, annex, fix, conjoin, hang, attach, supplement, adjoin, fasten, subjoinExamples from the Web for appended
Contemporary Examples of appended
The missive was received back in London by David Barrie, a senior diplomat, who appended his own note.
In 1901, Bram Stoker appended a new introduction to the Icelandic edition of Dracula, his most famous novel.
Historical Examples of appended
A complete list of the changes made is appended at the end of the file.
BeowulfUnknown
The grinning death's head seal was appended in lieu of a signature, as before.
The Film of FearArnold Fredericks
As such, they may not be included but be appended to the traditional text.
Those which have (a) appended to them are known to have representatives in America.
The GypsiesCharles G. Leland
He then appended his signature and handed it to one of the attendant Cossacks.
The Coming Conquest of EnglandAugust Niemann
append
- to add as a supplementto append a footnote
- to attach; hang on
Word Origin for append
Word Origin and History for appended
append
late 14c., "to belong to as a possession or right," from Old French apendre (13c.) belong, be dependent (on); attach (oneself) to; hang, hang up," and directly from Latin appendere "to cause to hang (from something), weigh," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pendere "hang" (see pendant).
Meaning "to hang on, attach as a pendant" is 1640s; that of "attach as an appendix" is recorded by 1843. OED says the original word was obsolete by c.1500, and these later transitive senses represent a reborrowing from Latin or French. Related: Appended; appending.